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Since I was committed to making my marriage work, I
began to search frantically for helpful reading material on
step-parenting and was eventually rewarded by finding one
solitary book on the subject. Delving into it, I soon realised
that it would not provide the help I was so desperate to find.
Although adept at describing her own step-parenting battle,
the author had failed to provide suggestions for avoiding being
fatally wounded on the battlefield.Reading her book left me
feeling more depressed than I had been before and confirmed
my suspicion that the prospects for survival weren’t good!
Twenty years later I can confirm from my personal and
professional experience that step-parenting is indeed a battle
not recommended for the faint-hearted. I can also confirm,
however, that there are rewards that make the experience
satisfying and worthwhile. The ready availability today of
pertinent information also assists in making the stepfamily
journey a more hopeful one.
Understanding the dynamics of a stepfamily can go a long
way toward helping you ‘hang in there’ when the going gets
tough. The knowledge that other step-parents also struggle
with feelings of confusion, anger, isolation, insecurity,
resentment and a sense of failure can be invaluable when you
find yourself feeling overwhelmed. Being assured that these
painful emotions are a normal part of stepfamily living can
be a great comfort and encouragement, especially if the
assurances are accompanied by practical suggestions. So,
whilst stepfamily living seems to be just as difficult today as
it was twenty years ago, there is greater access to resources
that will help less